when is it coming to malaysia? if not im going for hero but droid's screen is soooo big.
the release date are not inform yet ... maybe several months .. ya the screen big enuf .. can even make a portable mirror or square shape torch light .. lol
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Your wrong, "droid" is a trademark of Lucasarts (star wars) which both google and verizon licensed.
really ?? lol .. sumtime i oso cant provide sum 100%ly right infos in this android subforum .. haha tq bro for the correct info ..
The GSM flavor of Motorola's DROID, or Milestone as it will be known in Europe, has multitouch built-in to the UI. For reasons we can only assume have something to do with an unspoken intellectual property agreement between Google and Apple, the US version of the user interface lacks multi-touch features like pinch-to-zoom even though the underlying 2.0 OS supports multitouch events. However, the video of a GSM DROID headed to Europe clearly shows this feature at the 3 minute mark. No really, see for yourselves after the break.
i knew it ~!! it is diff between droid and milestone .... but its a bit laggie than droid ... i watch it on youtube ... gsm version milestone ...
DROID headed to Germany as Motorola MILESTONE (update: Italy too, no Google Maps Navigation)
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O2 Germany has confirmed a GSM version of the DROID for Europe going by the name of the Motorola MILESTONE. The news comes courtesy of a sliver of O2's online store page that left itself exposed to the wiles of Google, complete with the above picture and the new moniker, and follows close on the heels of a leaked business guide which says the MILESTONE will retail for €404.20 to corporate customers, and will be available as of November 9th.
Update: It's now official on the Motorola Germany (and english language Western Europe) website where it lists Vodafone and O2 as local carriers. Italy now too, on an unspecified carrier. Oh, and it also lists "pinch and zoom" as a feature not found on the Droid. See for yourself after the break.
Update 2: As noted by a few readers, Milestone will ship with MOTONAV turn-by-turn directions, not Google's Maps Navigation.
the 1st video indeed looks laggy by the 2nd one by mobile-review, seems pretty snappy. hope they will improve it by the times it's launch. anyway, im wondering why they down clocked it to 550mhz?
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the 1st video indeed looks laggy by the 2nd one by mobile-review, seems pretty snappy. hope they will improve it by the times it's launch. anyway, im wondering why they down clocked it to 550mhz?
how long does it usually take for motorola phones to reach malaysia? with nokia, SE and HTC i think phones get released almost simultaneously across the globe.
this is what i do not like about these companies such as motorola. they are too dependent on carrier. ive been waiting to get a palm pre, but it is still no where near an international release after more than 5 months since it was released. even GSM versions have been available in europe for over 4 months. now the hardware is outdated and the thrill is gone.
i believe motorol's cliq / dext is still not available in Malaysia either. which does not speak well for a droid release any time soon.
what do you think?
this might also mean that people who want a next gen phone might have to chose from N900 or the HTC HD2.
This post has been edited by witcher: Nov 4 2009, 03:27 AM
same as engadget review .. the droid camera are utter garbage bold are taken from gizmodo droid review
about witcher post .... i think the google only make the Android OS. Google wont make own hardware for the android os .. never , ever , ever .. so the market and the available of the handset worldwide or specific area are accordingly to the handset android based manufacture it self ..for example Verizon-motorola taking advantages of the new Eclair update only for verizon's wireless services in specific area .. while after few days the Motorola Milestone news comes out ...
correct me if im wrong .. for those other android-sifu in this lowyat android subforum
This post has been edited by ~tera~: Nov 4 2009, 05:44 AM
As for Malaysian release, well Motorola like wicther said, too dependent on carriers. Even the Germany release are contract based, not just publicly released there. Since Malaysia is mostly on public release, it just doesn't look too well for Droid. That is unless someone wants to bring em in, either Celcom/Digi/Maxis bring in for contract based, or plain ol' importer. Otherwise it will take practically months for it to come in or just never.
This post has been edited by exentric_nova: Nov 4 2009, 12:15 PM
The document itself is aimed at business customers, but there’s little reason to presume that the MILESTONE won’t be available to regular buyers too. Pricing – again, for businesses – is €404.20 before taxes ($595) which we’re assuming is a contract-free cost; as for the product page, so far there’s nothing but a shot of the phone and its name.
RM699 is just not possible. China imitation probably. No smartphone/featurephone is ever going to be priced below RM1k.
P/S: Do read the previous post first.
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someone mentioned an importer? yeah that might be a good idea.
and no, i was not asking if google will be making the hardware, i know they are not, at least at the moment. i was merely wondering about whether motorola had a big presence here in malaysia, because i really havent seen much motorola phones in my visits to lowyat. but that might just due to motorola not having a phone that is even glance-worthy for the past few years.
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the 1st video indeed looks laggy by the 2nd one by mobile-review, seems pretty snappy. hope they will improve it by the times it's launch. anyway, im wondering why they down clocked it to 550mhz?
same spec as n900. Not sure for motorola, but from nokia PR, n900 cannot run full speed or else it would burn the chip. The extra speed is for sudden burst of processing demand.
Anyhow this driod does pack a punch. Check out the google maps beta.
Droid is a good phone. The google maps navigation beta with the car feature really puts Andriod on par with symbian & WM. Both OS have navigation software for quite some already.
I'm still sticking to n900 as of now. This is the only device which can run full flash, full java & other plugins without any issues. Nokia needs to do some fine tuning before release. News flocking around saying this device can even install VLC player or codec, means more support on media playback and lossless music.
Anyhow, back to droid. Motorola is on the right track. If they can polish of the flushed keypad & improve the UI performance, It should be on par with Hero. Ergonomic & performance in day to day use of the device is crucial from my opinion.
This post has been edited by Vervain: Nov 4 2009, 11:32 PM
am considering between HTC HD2, N900 and Droid myself. Lack of a keyboard is glaring on HD2, but i think i will go with what ever has the best battery life.
So far it is looking very good on droid. will know about the other two within a couple of weeks i suppose.
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